# The Lastest From Darrell Issa **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851 "2012-07-20T13:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/21 "2012-07-24T12:31:49Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > It’s too bad the “lastest” in the thread title is a typo! I wouldn’t mind if this were the “lastest” thing that he ever did in office. /[Conan](http://teamcoco.com/video/fan-correction-dinosaur) Mode You’re on the right track. The “Lastest” in the thread title is actually correct. It is my hope that the voters of California will see the idiocy of Issa’s ways and vote to recall him, and I am optimistic this will happen. Thus, this will be the _lastest_ thing we as Americans will have to be subjected to by Issa. /End Conan Mode ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/22 "2012-07-24T12:41:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > [Truman attended two years of law school from 1923-24.](http://americanhistory.about.com/od/harrystruman/p/ptruman.htm) > > [In 1923–25 Truman took night courses toward a law degree at the Kansas City Law School (now the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law),](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman) > > I guess you’re technically correct. Law school is not “college”. But I think most people would credit **Really Not All That Bright** with being correct, and would now be laughing at you. Things were different in the 1920s. Law school was not seen as a form of post-graduate education like now which is why someone like Truman, the past POTUS to jot have a college degree, could attend without a college degree. They were seen as a trade school. Ronald Reagan graduated from college so he was, at least technically, better educated than Truman and Truman, lacking anything beyond a high school diploma, was, at least by credentials, the least educated POTUS of the past 75 years. Now, I don’t see why RNTB is so upset at being proven wrong. He’d be better simply questioning the idea of measuring a person’s education by whether or not the went to school, because Truman certainly wasn’t the dumbest President of the past 75 years. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/23 "2012-07-24T14:14:42Z")
What on earth gave you the idea that I was upset? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/24 "2012-07-24T14:19:34Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Now, I don’t see why RNTB is so upset at being proven wrong. He’d be better simply questioning the idea of measuring a person’s education by whether or not the went to school, because Truman certainly wasn’t the dumbest President of the past 75 years. I don’t need to defend RNATB, but I will anyway. You said he shot his mouth off. Maybe he just made an incorrect statement and didn’t take the time to verify its correctness here in the Pit. Maybe he should have checked it, but “shooting his mouth off” is a bit strong. Then you say he is “upset at being proven wrong.” Where in this thread is there any evidence that RNATB is upset at anything? Finally, who said Reagan, or anyone else, was the dumbest president in the past 75 years? Btw, you shouldn’t [capitalize](http://grammarist.com/style/president/) “president” when it refers to presidents in general, only when it refers to a specific president. ETA: As I said, RNATB can defend himself. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/25 "2012-07-24T14:19:36Z")
FTFY: /Conan Mode You’re on the right track. The “Lastest” in the thread title is actually correct. It is my hope that the voters of California will see the idiocy of Issa’s ways and vote to recall him, crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and to hear the lamentation of their women /End Conan Mode ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/26 "2012-07-24T14:24:01Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > FTFY: Thanks so much. I learned a new acronym today! FTFY: Fixed that for you. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/27 "2012-07-24T14:24:42Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > ETA: As I said, RNATB can defend himself. _flex_ I’m not going to, though. It was a throwaway line of snark; I assumed Truman had finished college since he attended law school. Let **Ibn Warraq** ’s name be sung with joy, for verily he hath triumphed. Let the record show that Reagan is only the least educated POTUS of the last 59 years. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/28 "2012-07-24T15:17:34Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > /[Conan](http://teamcoco.com/video/fan-correction-dinosaur) Mode > > You’re on the right track. The “Lastest” in the thread title is actually correct. It is my hope that the voters of California will see the idiocy of Issa’s ways and vote to recall him, and I am optimistic this will happen. Thus, this will be the _lastest_ thing we as Americans will have to be subjected to by Issa. > > /End Conan Mode > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > FTFY: > > /Conan Mode > > You’re on the right track. The “Lastest” in the thread title is actually correct. It is my hope that the voters of California will see the idiocy of Issa’s ways and vote to recall him, crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and to hear the lamentation of their women > > /End Conan Mode Guys, I don’t think that the “voters of California” have much of a say. Blame the voters of the 49th Congressional district, “that currently covers much of northern San Diego County and southwestern Riverside County.” At least I don’t remember ever getting the chance to vote for him. And considering a Cook PVI of R +10 in the area, voting him out could be difficult, although not impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/29 "2012-07-24T15:52:27Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Guys, I don’t think that the “voters of California” have much of a say. Blame the voters of the 49th Congressional district, “that currently covers much of northern San Diego County and southwestern Riverside County.” At least I don’t remember ever getting the chance to vote for him. And considering a Cook PVI of R +10 in the area, voting him out could be difficult, although not impossible. What about crushing, driving, and hearing bit? Even if they can’t vote for/against Issa, can they still get that? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/30 "2012-07-24T15:55:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What on earth gave you the idea that I was upset? Your flushed, heaving bosom? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/31 "2012-07-24T16:35:58Z")
Oh, that. Menopause. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/32 "2012-07-24T16:51:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Let the record show that Reagan is only the least educated POTUS of the last 59 years. You mean other than LBJ and JFK(unless you count one or two classes he took in business school). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/33 "2012-07-24T17:12:04Z")
Speaking of crushing, driving and lamenting…Issa first rose to fame on the local level as the spearhead of the movement to recall California Gov Gray Davis. The movement was successful, and gave us The Governator, Arnold the Barbarian. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/34 "2012-07-24T17:58:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Speaking of crushing, driving and lamenting…Issa first rose to fame on the local level as the spearhead of the movement to recall California Gov Gray Davis. The movement was successful, and gave us The Governator, Arnold the Barbarian. Ah yes, I remember the videos of him in tears after he was passed up in favor of Arnold. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/35 "2012-07-24T18:09:08Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > You mean other than LBJ and JFK(unless you count one or two classes he took in business school). No, I mean including them, unless you think LBJ didn’t graduate or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/36 "2012-07-24T19:57:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No, I mean including them, unless you think LBJ didn’t graduate or something. Huh? How do you figure? They all graduated from college and none recieved any any post graduate degrees unless you count honorary ones. There are lots of reasons to criticise Reagan, but your choice of what tact to take strikes me as rather ill thought-out. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/37 "2012-07-24T20:50:07Z")
Yes, and? LBJ was not less educated than Reagan and JFK was better educated. If it makes you feel better, I also consider it ironic that they name schools after LBJ but there aren’t any around here. There are dozens of schools here named after Reagan though. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/38 "2012-07-24T21:09:05Z")
[Tear Down This Myth!](http://www.amazon.com/Tear-Down-This-Myth-Right-Wing/dp/1416597638) ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/39 "2012-07-24T21:20:03Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Yes, and? LBJ was not less educated than Reagan and JFK was better educated. If it makes you feel better, I also consider it ironic that they name schools after LBJ but there aren’t any around here. There are dozens of schools here named after Reagan though. How was JFK better educated than Reagan? Because his dad could afford to send him to Choate and bought him a slot at Harvard and a couple of classes in business school, which later less than a semester? Anyway, you keep shifting the goal posts and being wrong each time. You first insisted that Reagan was the least educated POTUs of the past 75 years, which blew up in your face with Harry Truman, tried to save face by adjusting that to the last 59 and are now admitting once again you’re wrong regarding LBJ, though you don’t want to admit you’re wrong regarding JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851/40 "2012-07-24T21:33:00Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Because his dad could afford to send him to Choate and bought him a slot at Harvard and a couple of classes in business school, which later less than a semester? Hey, “a couple of classes” worth of graduate education is, technically, a greater amount than no graduate education. I also imagine that Kennedy achieved a better education in matters of the heart; even my mother (who would’ve been a rural girl of ten when he ascended to office) admits having a crush on him. Reagan? Fughetaboutit. Anyway. What’s all this about [Darryl Isaacs](http://www.isaacsandisaacs.com/attorneys-and-staff/darryl-isaacs/), the self-styled Kentucky Hammer, formerly the equally-self-styled Heavy Hitter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lastest-from-darrell-issa/628851.md?page=3)